Nuibaba
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Nuibaba's portrait in Gaiden.
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Gender
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Unknown* Female*
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Race
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Unknown* Human*
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Nationality
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Rigelian
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Starting class
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Arcanist* Witch*
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Appearance(s)
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Bathed deep within the inky shadows, a ghastly face looks down upon them. The one called the master of Fear Mountain, at whose name everyone shakes in fear: the legendary necromancer Nuibaba...
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”
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— Pre-map narration
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(Japanese: ヌイババ, Nuibaba) is a minor antagonist first appearing in Fire Emblem Gaiden, in which the character appears as an Arcanist who presides over Fear Mountain from his manor. Nuibaba is presumably a high-ranking member of Duma's clergy, as he has Marla, Juda's daughter, under his command to guard Fear Mountain. Nuibaba wields the powerful magic spell, Medusa, said to have received in exchange for their soul.[1]
Nuibaba was redesigned significantly in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, now appearing as a female Witch.
Role
Nuibaba appears somewhat early in chapter 4.
The Magic Ring in Nuibaba's inventory makes fir a formidable opponent, as it greatly increases the range of the Medusa spell.
Boss data
Role
Nuibaba has been shown in promotional materials for Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, and has been redesigned and is now a witch.
Boss data
Quotes
Battle quotes
“
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...Go forth, Medusa! Now is the time you must fulfill your contract with me!
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”
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— Nuibaba entering battle
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Death quotes
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I-I have erred...
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”
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— Nuibaba
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Trivia
- The opening to the fight against Nuibaba is the only map in the entirety of Gaiden to have any sort of chapter narration.
- Nuibaba's gender is unmentioned to in the Japanese script for Gaiden and there's evidence for the character being male or female. One example being the other users of the portrait being implied to be male and no females are known to use the sorcerer class. For the female argument, Nuibaba's comes from "baba" referring to an elderly woman and the character is associated with Medusa, a female monster.
- In the fan translation, Nuibaba's is referred to with male pronouns.
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions
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Language
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Name
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Definition, etymology, and notes
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English (unofficial)
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Nuibaba
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Romanization of the katakana.
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Gallery
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References
- ↑ "If that dark spell he received in exchange for his soul is emitted from his lips just once—All living beings will, without doubt, have death be visited upon them." — Pre-map narration, Fire Emblem Gaiden
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This article is part of Project Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in the Fire Emblem series.
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